Meuryn Hughes graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Music degree with Honours in 1989 having specialised in composition and conducting. Following his graduation he studied conducting with John Forster of the Royal College of Music and completed a postgraduate course in composition for film and television at the London College of Music. His conducting career began in 1989 when he formed and conducted the Regency Symphony Orchestra and the Regency Singers and on returning to Wales in 1992 was appointed Music Director of Cardiff Male Choir, a post that he held for three years. His career has led him to conduct many choirs including Cor Caerdydd, Cor Tabernacl Caerdyff, Cardiff Ardwyn Singers, The Aber Valley Male Choir and the combined Cardiff Male Choirs. Further afield, Meuryn has conducted the Pennsbury Chamber Choir (USA), Pennsbury Chorale (USA), Pennsbury Concert Choir (USA) and Leigh Summer Men’s Harmony (USA).

Meuryn formed an orchestra called Arcata Ensemble, consisting of players from the WNO Orchestra and other professional orchestras. In addition to his passion for music Meuryn runs his own printing firm and holds a Commercial Skipper’s Ticket as well as being a Royal Yachting Association Instructor.

The grandson of Welsh composer and conductor Arwel Hughes, Meuryn became the Conductor of the Treorchy Male Choir in the early part of 2006. Although his time with the Choir was brief, he led them on a series of hugely successful Diamond Jubilee concerts as well as a recording on Katherine Jenkins’s album, Serenade.